Mike Ocquaye Jnr, the former Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dome Kwabenya Constituency, has expressed concerns over the 24-hour economy secretariat.
According to Mike Ocquaye Jnr, the 24-hour economy secretariat is rather earning than working for the good people of Ghana.
Mike Ocquaye Jnr argued that various sectors of the economy are disappointed in the current government, following the high hopes it gave to the people during the 2024 campaign season.
The NPP stressed that it is about time the president begins fulfilling his promises to the people of Ghana or be called out for his failure.
Speaking on TV3’s The Key Points on June 20, 2026, Mike Oquaye Jnr stated, “Look at the real situation on the ground. 24-hour economy, what is going on there? Nothing, and when we sit in this economy, where now the secretariat itself is earning rather than working, then these are points people are going to be worried about in terms of approval”.
“We wish President Mahama well in the things that he says that he will do, but he must do them, otherwise some of us will point them out either here or even in parliament and explain to him that you said you’ll do this, you said you’ll bring boreholes in the middle of cocoa farms and use the water to water the cocoa farms, is it flowers?
You can never water cocoa with water holes. Cocoa farmers are disappointed, cashew farmers are disappointed, and many sectors of our economy are disappointed. The honeymoon period is now, so let us see what happens in the future,” he said.
In related news, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, has expressed deep concern on the John Mahama government’s handling of youth unemployment.
The Akuapem North MP described the current economic situation as an “Indomie 1:3:3 economy”
According to Sammi Awuku, even the government’s 24-hour Economy Secretariat does not operate a 24-hour shift.
He highlighted that there is a growing trend among the youths were they they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree without any clear employment opportunities after school.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on the rising unemployment situation in the country on Thursday, June 11, 2026, Sammi Awuku stated, “Mr Speaker, the situation we face today go beyond somebody proposing an indomie 1 3 3 economy situation. The situation we face today is that young people are not asking for pity.
In our various constituencies today, maybe my colleague will try to shy away from that problem, there’s a growing trend where young people, after acquiring a degree, because there are no jobs, they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree. They keep filing these certificates with a job deferred for a date that they cannot even tell,” he added.
The MP added, “We were in this Chamber when the NDC themselves brought this 24-hour economy thing before our very august House. We are almost into 24 months since they got into this government. And today, if you go to even the 24-hour economy secretariat, they themselves do not practise that 24-hour economy that they are talking about”.
“Isn’t it strange that, Mr Speaker, we have a government today that will tell you that we are launching a 1 million coders programme. Almost 18 months or more into the attainment, they have not even been able to onboard even 100,000 out of the 1 million.
“Go to the Ministry for Youth Development. Even that Ministry itself is underfunded. They themselves need a rescue and a bailout,” he claimed.
Sammi Awuku further added, “Our colleagues should not reduce this unemployment situation… It is a national security matter. Because if the young people in our various constituencies cannot see any end in sight, the politicians become a target for the opposition,” he said.
“Under the Big Push programme, this year, they said they were going to employ about 900,000 young people. We are in June. They haven’t been able to employ 10,000 out of it,” he alleged.
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President Mahama's honeymoon period is over. There is nothing going on when it comes to the '24-hour economy' policy. – Mike Oquaye Jnr, Former NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Dome Kwabenya#TheKeyPoints #TV3GH pic.twitter.com/MncEf8yO0k
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) June 20, 2026
